diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index af424bd6..d9f5fbf6 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -23982,3 +23982,6 @@
 	* Modified the podcasting system to sort items in the XML feed
 	on the basis of the 'Air Date/Time' rather than the 'Posted By'
 	datetime.
+2023-02-23 Fred Gleason <fredg@paravelsystems.com>
+	* Changed the value of the 'Password=' directive in the '[mySQL]'
+	section of 'conf/rd.conf-sample' to 'hackme'.
diff --git a/conf/rd.conf-sample b/conf/rd.conf-sample
index 37f0ce3c..f179c2e7 100644
--- a/conf/rd.conf-sample
+++ b/conf/rd.conf-sample
@@ -48,10 +48,17 @@ Label=Default (Local)
 
 [mySQL]
 ; The connection parameters for the MySQL server.
+;
+; Replace these with values that are appropirate for your setup.
+;
 Hostname=localhost
 Loginname=rduser
-Password=letmein
+Password=hackme
 Database=Rivendell
+
+; The Qt SQL driver plug-in to use. It should seldom be necessary to
+; change this.
+;
 Driver=QMYSQL3
 
 ; The interval between 'keep-alive' queries to the MySQL server (seconds)